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Race for the Galaxy Review, Revisited After 10 Years

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Today I'm resurrecting a review of the card game Race for the Galaxy for #ThrowbackThursday

This review was originally published on January 15th, 2009. It was written two days after I got the game for my birthday.
Below you will find my original Race for the Galaxy review,  with only very minor editing. I'm trying to keep the feel and tone of the original post. I will, at times, insert comments or corrections, and you will find these in [square brackets]. After the original post, you can find my current thoughts on the game. [ READ MORE ]

A Badge of Honour – Episode 31 Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast

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 This is the 31st episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live, an edited version of our live show recorded on February 27th, 2019. Join us as we stream live every week on Wednesdays at 9:30 Eastern on Twitch. If you like some video with your audio you can also watch/listen to an unedited version of the show over on YouTube.

Ep 31 - A Badge of Honour. Flying the board game geek flag, wearing the tabletop gamer badge with honour. This week we're mixing things up. Sean has a Board Game Stats review. We take a look at Tzolkin and Valeri and DC Deck Building Expansions, Dinosaur Island, Sintra, War Chest and more. [ READ MORE ]

Tzolkin and Villages of Valeria expansions. War Chest, dinosaurs, stained glass, and more – Tabletop Gaming Weekly

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The big thing for me last week was getting three expansions off my pile of shame as part of the #LessShameMoreGame challenge.

I finally got to play Tzolk'in with Tribes & Prophecies and played Villages of Valeria with the Monuments and Guild Halls expansion packs.
Along with those shameful expansions, I also got in games of Azul Stained Glass of Sintra, a medium length game of Dinosaur Island, a two player game of War Chest at my favourite coffee shop and some Race for the Galaxy on Board Game Arena. Oh, and there was a three player random dungeon in Gloomhaven. [ READ MORE ]

Blue Plate Special – Episode 25 – Tabletop Bellhop Podcast

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 This is the 25th episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live, an edited version of our live show recorded on January 16th, 2019. Join us as we stream live every week on Wednesday’s at 9:30 Eastern on Twitch. If you like some video with your audio you can also watch/listen to an unedited version of the show over on YouTube.

Ep 25 - Blue Plate Special. First up a two for one special on your food at the game table questions. We discuss the #LessShameMoreGame Challenge. Also, we talk Gizmos, Terraforming Mars Prelude, Dinosaur Island, Hogwarts Battle. The Duke and more. [ READ MORE ]

Gaming in the New Year – Episode 24 – Tabletop Bellhop Podcast

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 This is the 24th episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live, an edited version of our live show recorded on January 9th, 2019. Join us as we stream live every week on Wednesday’s at 9:30 Eastern on Twitch. If you like some video with your audio you can also watch/listen to an unedited version of the show over on YouTube.

Ep 24 - Gaming in the New Year. We are now live streaming Gloomhaven. We take a look at the classic TSR Marvel Super Heroes RPG and then we recap the games we played during Gaming in the New Year. [ READ MORE ]

Gaming in the New Year 2018 – Recap

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Every year I host a Gaming in the New Year party at my place on New Year's Eve. This year was no exception.

I have a group of my friends over and we play games through the night and early into the morning. We take a short break for pizza but basically it's about 12 hours of non-stop gaming.
I closed out 2018 and welcomed 2019 with 8 different games and 14 total plays. [ READ MORE ]

HINDSIGHT/FORESIGHT – EP 22 TABLETOP BELLHOP PODCAST

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 This is the 22nd episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live, an edited version of our live show recorded on December 26th, 2018. Join us as we stream live every week on Wednesday’s at 9:30 Eastern on Twitch. If you like some video with your audio you can also watch/listen to an unedited version of the show over on YouTube.

Ep 22 - Hindsight/Foresight Some games off the pile of shame, date night gaming followed by our look back at 2018 and some plans for 2019 [ READ MORE ]

A Look Back at Most Played and Best New Games of 2018

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First up, happy holidays to everyone reading this. I hope this season has been filled with games and gaming.

With 2018 coming to and end I thought this would be a good time to do a look back at the past year. The way the timing works out we will be recording our last podcast of the year on Boxing Day and that episode will release on New Years Day. So I thought this would make for a great discussion topic for that show.
I'm going to be looking at my most played games of 2018. I will follow that up with a list of some of the best new games of 2018 as well as my biggest surprise of 2018. [ READ MORE ]